Names
This surah is called Surat Ad-Dhariyat. [333] See: Al-Fayruzabadi: Basa?ir Dhawi At-Tamyiz, 1/439; Tafsir Ibn ?Ashur, 26/335.
Makki or Madani?
Surat Ad-Dhariyat is Makki; more than one of the commentators narrated that there was consensus regarding that. [334] Those who narrated that there was consensus regarding that include: Ibn ?Atiyyah, Ibn Al-Jawzi and Al-Qurtubi. See: Tafsir Ibn ?Atiyyah, 5/153; Tafsir Ibn Al-Jawzi, 4/167; Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, 17/29.
Objectives
The most important objectives of this surah include:
Establishing proof that worship should only be devoted to Allah, may He be Glorified and Exalted, alone, and that the resurrection is true. [335] See: Tafsir Ibn ?Ashur, 26/335; At-Tantawi: At-Tafsir Al-Wasit, 14/7.
Topics
The most significant topics addressed in Surat Ad-Dhariyat include:
The surah begins with an oath in which Allah, may He be Glorified and Exalted, swears by some of His creation that the resurrection and the requital are both true.
Refuting the claims of the disbelievers and warning them of the punishment of Hell.
Explaining what Allah, may He be Glorified and Exalted, has prepared for His righteous slaves.
Some of the stories of the Prophets: Ibrahim, Lut, Hud, Salih, Musa and Nuh (peace be upon them).
Mention of that which proves the perfect nature of Allah?s might and the vastness of His mercy.
Affirmation that Allah only created the jinn and humankind to worship Him.
Warning the polytheists that they will have a share of punishment like that of their counterparts among the earlier disbelievers.
Warning the disbelievers of their day that they have been promised (the Day of Judgement).